gaynor@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Jim Gaynor) (03/22/91)
There seems to be another TrueType related problem. Try this. Go into MacWrite II. Type some text with a TrueType face. Looks fine, right? Increase it to, say, 500pt. Whoops! The spacing is right, but the characters are far to small. Now put it back at, say, 18pt. Go over to the view menu and go to Reduced View. Looks ugly, doesn't it? According to one of the Readme files that came with TrueType, the error for all this is in MacWrite II - not in TrueType. People are told that Claris will soon be releasing a maintenence upgrade "Call Claris Technical Support" Who knows, this may be related to the Quark/TrueType bug that someone mentioned earlier... I have a feeling that some apps aren't going to be happy with TrueType under System 7.0... -- Jim Gaynor - Systems Analyst 1 + "This is Serious. He is Lost. The Ohio State University ACS-FM-OCES | We must begin the Search at once." gaynor@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.ed | -Rabbit, from gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu + "The House at Pooh Corner"
gaynor@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Jim Gaynor) (03/22/91)
In article <1991Mar22.190712.3220@waikato.ac.nz> ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) writes: >Yes, I've seen the problem with MacWrite II too. The current version >doesn't correctly handle fonts larger than 127 point. It doesn't handle >the same situation correctly with ATM either. Really? <ponder> While I don't have ATM installed on my home machine (just got it a few days ago :) I distinctly remember working with -huge- typefaces in MacWrite II using ATM at work (Lessee, Mac Plus, 6.0.4. umpteen jillion inits), without the slightest hint of trouble. Welp, in any case, I'll give Claris Tech Support a call in the near future, and give info to the net (unless someone beats me to it). -- Jim Gaynor - Systems Analyst 1 + "This is Serious. He is Lost. The Ohio State University ACS-FM-OCES | We must begin the Search at once." gaynor@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.ed | -Rabbit, from gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu + "The House at Pooh Corner"
ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) (03/23/91)
Yes, I've seen the problem with MacWrite II too. The current version doesn't correctly handle fonts larger than 127 point. It doesn't handle the same situation correctly with ATM either. I have successfully displayed and printed out TrueType text at 256 point in Aldus Persuasion (the largest size that that application would let me specify). The printing was done on an HP PainJet XL, using HP's Color PrintKit driver (well-thought-out driver, remarkably faithful colours). I even displayed text at 320 point and 999 point in ReadySetGo 4.0 (how's that for ancient?). Lawrence D'Oliveiro fone: +64-71-562-889 Computer Services Dept fax: +64-71-384-066 University of Waikato electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz Hamilton, New Zealand 37^ 47' 26" S, 175^ 19' 7" E, GMT+12:00 To someone with a hammer and a screwdriver, every problem looks like a nail with threads.
ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) (03/27/91)
In article <1991Mar22.141620.14700@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>,
gaynor@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Jim Gaynor) expressed doubts
about my claim that MacWrite II has the same problem with ATM
that it does with TrueType.
I checked it again immediately after reading your posting,
and you're right--MacWrite II seems to work fine with ATM,
sizes greater than 127 points and all.
I must have been thinking of the pre-release version of TrueType
in System 7--that might have been where I first noticed the
problem.
Lawrence D'Oliveiro fone: +64-71-562-889
Computer Services Dept fax: +64-71-384-066
University of Waikato electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz
Hamilton, New Zealand 37^ 47' 26" S, 175^ 19' 7" E, GMT+12:00
The question remains: why would I want to interface to a human computer?